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1. A small unmanned aerial system for estimating abundance and size of Antarctic predators

   Abstract:  Quantifying the distribution and abundance of predators is integral to many ecological ... studies, but can be difficult in remote settings such as Antarctica. Recent advances in the development of ... new tool for studying the distribution and abundance of predator populations. We detail our experience ... from the first use of VTOLs for estimating abundance, colony area, and density of krilldependent ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-15/P06 : Author(s): M.E. Goebel, W.L. Perryman, J.T. Hinke, D.J. Krause, N.A. Hann, S. Gardner and D.J. LeRoi

2. DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF SKATES ON THE KERGUELEN PLATEAU (CCAMLR DIVISIONS 58.5.1 AND 58.5.2)

   Abstract:  Three species of skates are commonly taken as incidental by-catch in the Patagonian ... . eatonii and B. irrasa are most abundant to the north and northwest of Heard Island out to the edge of the ... EEZ, and down to depths of 1100m and 1500m respectively. B. irrasa occurs much deeper, down to 2300m ... 700m, and are most abundant close to Heard Island to the north and northeast. The catch rates of skates ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-09/43 : Author(s): G.B. Nowara, D.C. Welsford, T. Lamb (Australia), N. Gasco, P. Pruvost and G. Duhamel (France)

3. ECOLOGICAL REPERCUSSIONS OF HISTORICAL FISH EXTRACTION FROM THE SOUTHERN OCEAN

   Abstract:  A major mid-1980s shift in ecological structure of significant portions of the Southern ... Ocean was partially due to the serial depletion of fish by intensive industrial fishing, rather than ... stocks were on average reduced to <50%, and finally (mid-1980s) to <20%, of original size. Despite ... strong year classes, as is true of such fish elsewhere. A climate regime, the Southern Annular Mode, once ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-08/P07 : Author(s): D. Ainley and L. Blight

4. A REVIEW OF BIAS AND UNCERTAINTY IN ANTARCTIC PACK-ICE SEAL ABUNDANCE ESTIMATES

   Abstract:  While the joint CCAMLR-IWC workshop will consider a number of parameters for species ... of pack-ice seals focuses primarily on abundance and to a lesser extent trends in abundance. The ... review addresses population surveys and abundance estimates for the four species of phocid seal commonly ... spatial scope covers the circumpolar extent of pack-ice, and the temporal scope spans a period of more ...

   Meeting Document : CCAMLR-IWC-WS-08/06 : Author(s): Steinhage, D., Bengtson, J., Blix, A.S., Bester, M., Boveng, P., Laake, J., Cameron, M., Nordøy, E., Forcada, J., Stewart, B., Southwell, C., Trathan, P., Rogers, T., Plotz, J., Bornemann, H.

5. Species variability and population structure of Euphausiacea in Admiralty Bay (King George Island; South Shetland Islands) during Antarctic summer

   Abstract:  The main component of zooplankton in Antarctic pelagic waters, apart from copepods or ... of the penguins and pinnipeds’ diet. Admiralty Bay, because of its specific hydrological conditions ... , is an interesting area for that kind of biological study. Moreover, King George Island, where ... Admiralty Bay is located, is a region of dynamic climate characterized by variable maritime conditions which ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-14/60 : Author(s): A. Panasiuk-Chodnicka, J. Wawrzynek and M. Iwona Żmijewska (Poland)

6. Preliminary assessment of the South Georgia toothfish stock, 2007

   higher than was estimated last year. 2. Improvements are made to the fit of tag data through (a ... estimates of catches at age from 1998 to 2006 (based on random sampling of the catch for age determination ... ). Fits of all data (CPUE; catches at length for the early fishery; catches at age for the later fishery ... groundfish survey data. 4. Several of the requests of WG-FSA for developments of the South Georgia toothfish ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-07/29 : Author(s): D.J. Agnew, R. Hillary and J. Pearce (United Kingdom)

7. Review of CCAMLR activities on monitoring marine debris in the Convention Area

   Abstract:  The current status of national surveys on monitoring of marine debris and their impact ... at Bird Island and Signy Island, but have declined. The number of debris items found had increased in ... Island (2005), Signy Island (2006) and King George Island (2006). The majority of items found were ... packaging materials and wood. The level of marine debris found in grey-headed albatross, black-browed ...

   Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXV/BG/09 : Author(s): Secretariat

8. Measurement of ocean temperatures using instruments carried by Antarctic fur seals

   Abstract:  The study aimed to test the utility of instruments deployed on marine mammals for ... recorders (TDRs) fitted to lactating Antarctic fur seals foraging from the coast of South Georgia ... . Congruence was found at horizontal spatial scales from 0.01° X 0.01° to 0.5° X 0.5° (degrees of latitude and ... longitude), and at a vertical scale of 10 m. However, there was no significant correlation between ...

   Meeting Document : WG-EMM-01/56 : Author(s): I.L. Boyd, E.J. Hawker, M.A. Brandon and I.J. Staniland (United Kingdom)

9. Foraging movements of the shy albatross Diomedea cauta breeding in Australia; implications for interactions with longline fisheries

   Abstract:  Satellite telemetry was used to identify the foraging zones of Shy Albatrosses Diomedca ... cauta breeding at two sites of Tasmania, Australia (Albatross Island in western Bass Strait and Pedra ... Branca to the south) to assess their level of interaction with longline fisheries. Adult birds from both ... Branca foraged between the colony and the southeastern edge of the continental shelf. The distances ...

   Meeting Document : WG-FSA-97/52 : Author(s): Gales, R., Hedd, A., Brothers, N., Robertson, G.

10. Beached marine debris surveys and incidences of seabird/marine mammal entanglements and hydrocarbon soiling at Bird Island and King Edward Point, South Georgia, and Signy Island, South Orkneys, 2009/10

    (entanglements and hydrocarbon soiling only). Surveys of beached marine debris at Bird Island recorded a total of ... 2010) respectively. Surveys at Signy Island recorded a total of 41 items during summer 2009/10 ... varying quantities) at Bird Island, and the majority of items collected at Signy Island were either ... plastic or wood. Entanglements of 7 Antarctic fur seals (4 involving green nylon string) were observed at ...

    Meeting Document : SC-CAMLR-XXIX/BG/10 : Author(s): Delegation of the United Kingdom

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